March 8th, 2020
Forte, Intinerantur 23rd, 1193
Descend the stairs in the ravine. After descending about 70 feet, we see the top of the old fortress. The walls are now cracked and worn.
A portion of the floor collapses under Camael, who then engages in mortal combat with another dire rat. Goodness and justice prevail, and we move on.
Find two dead goblins, one impaled on a short spear. Then the spear is removed, the body slumps, revealing deep inset runes with a word in draconic: Glorfindel.
Graffiti on some of the walls say, “here there be dragons.” A whimpering kobold is hiding in a bedroll. He claims to be the keeper of a dragon that was stolen by a goblin named Grenl. The dragon is named Thauglorauthamiir and is black. The kobold’s name is Kroga, the keeper of dragons. He is going to take us to Mozdrog, the leader of the kobolds.
Mozdrog reports that the goblins live with a druid who has creatures similar to the twigblights we have encountered previously.
At Mozdrog’s order, Kroga will guide us to the goblin territory.
Find a room with three magical items: a continual flame candle, a potion of resist energy: fire, and a whistle with a faint necromantic aura. Upon picking up the whistle, five skeletons rise from sarcophagi with the images of elves carved on the outside. The carvings appear to be elven nobles due to the ceremonial robes on the outside.
A further area has goblins shooting from cover across a floor strewn with caltrops. A fall back position for the goblins is also cleared of the small sized menaces. There are signs that the creatures cook and eat here. In total, there were six in total.
Six more goblins are found in a makeshift barracks. They are handily defeated.